Winter Garden Fest To Include Auction

WINTER GARDEN — The third annual Winter Garden Rotary Downtown Spring Festival on Saturday will include an auction, arts and craft show, plant and fertilizer sale, and live entertainment.

The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Plant Street from Lakeview Avenue to Woodland Street.

The event will include entertainment by the Ocoee Cloggers, plus live music, clown makeup, a moonwalk ride, and barbecue, hotdog and hamburger concession stands.

Booths for the arts and craft show are available for $7 and $10. Those interested in reserving a spot should call the Cappleman Agency at 656-2211. There are no deadlines on renting the spaces. Unlike past years, there will be no entry fees, judging or prizes awarded for the show, said Walter Toole, festival publicity chairman.

The auction will be conducted from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. A cruise for two, furniture and gift certificates will be among the items to be auctioned. The merchandise will be donated by local businesses, he said.

Club proceeds will help such charities as the West Orange Scholarship Foundation, the Boy Scouts, the West Orange Little League, the West Orange YMCA and the Edgewood Ranch.

The event raised $3,000 last year. The club gave $4,500 to the scholarship foundation in February, Toole said.